Family Policy in South Korea: Development, Current Status, and Challenges

Chin, Meejung; Lee, Jaerim; Lee, So‐Young; Son, Seohee; Sung, Miai

doi:10.1007/s10826-011-9480-1

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“…Parents of children under the age of six are eligible for childcare subsidies covering between 30% and 100% of childcare expenditure, depending on family income. In 2012, parental leave and reduced working hours were subsidised by the state to facilitate work-family reconciliation for parents, and additional services for families on a low income and with disabled children were provided by local authorities (Chin, Lee, Lee, Son, & Sung, 2012). Tax deductions were also granted to parents of children under the age of 20, with additional refundable tax credits for low-income households.…”

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Social policies and intergenerational support in Italy and South Korea

Floridi

2018

Contemporary Social Science

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Section: Differences In Societal Transfers To Older and Younger Genermentioning

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Social policies and intergenerational support in Italy and South Korea

Floridi

2018

Contemporary Social Science

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“…Juon, Seung-Lee, and Klassen (2003) also pointed out that English-speaking proficiency was the most significant factor which influences Korean American women to schedule regular pap smears. (Chin et al 2012;(1997) made a point that the spousal relationship is regarded secondary to the parent-child relationship among Koreans and, within the parent-child relationship, the mother-child relationship is the closest.…”

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Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviors among Korean Mothers of Young Children in the United States

Lee

2017

Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Informatio

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Previous studies have noted mothers' roles as active health information seekers, health managers, and caregivers for their family members. However, little is known about health information needs and seeking behaviors among Korean mothers of young children living in the United States. Using paper-based surveys, this study found that vaccination, child dental health, parenting, nutrition and diets, and physical exercise were ranked as the five most important health topics by the Korean mothers of young children aged 0 to 10 years old in this sample. Furthermore, this study revealed that mothers of boys evaluated the importance of two topics significantly higher than those of girls: circumcision (t=3.16, p < .01) and breastfeeding (t=2.47, p < .05). Also, age of child was an important factor influencing mothers' information needs in three health topics: child dental health (F=5.292, p < .01), physical exercise (F=7.107, p < .01), and child skin care (F=5.640, p < .01). Implications for developing health information services are also discussed.

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“…Although child care facilities and policy support for child care have greatly increased, nonfamily care is neither preferred nor trusted in Korea, so the utilization of care facilities is modest, especially for infant care (Chin, Lee, Lee, Son, & Sung, 2012). Caregiving grandmothers usually provide an intensive amount of care for the children of employed mothers even though the grandmothers are often reluctant to become caregivers.…”

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Motivations for Providing and Utilizing Child Care by Grandmothers in South Korea

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Bauer

2013

J of Marriage and Family

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The purpose of this study was to construct a conceptual understanding of the motivations of grandmothers and mothers to provide and utilize child care by grandmothers in Korea. Grounded theory methods were used to collect and analyze interview data with 21 matched pairs of caregiving grandmothers and employed mothers. The grandmothers' motivations were concern for their adult children's well‐being and a feeling of responsibility to fulfill their parental responsibility for support. The mothers' motivations were the benefits they received as employed mothers and their trust of family care with prior expectations of the grandmothers' support. The core category integrating the findings was bilateral familism supporting traditional gender role ideology. The results suggest that changes from patrilineal to bilateral kinship interactions have been largely based on the influence of familism, which has created a cultural setting of expectations for downstream intergenerational support to maintain traditional gender roles despite increased maternal employment.

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Family Policy in South Korea: Development, Current Status, and Challenges

Abstract: We provide a comprehensive review of family policy in South Korea (Korea hereafter) for international readers. Alarmed by recent social and demographic chan-

Cited by 53 publications

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Social policies and intergenerational support in Italy and South Korea

Social policies and intergenerational support in Italy and South Korea

Health Information Needs and Seeking Behaviors among Korean Mothers of Young Children in the United States

Motivations for Providing and Utilizing Child Care by Grandmothers in South Korea

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